Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Letter by David Remez to the general manager of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, Eliezer Hoofien. Printed on the official stationery of the provisional government of the State of Israel and hand-signed by Remez. July 1948.
A letter by David Remez, one of the leaders of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, a signatory of the Scroll of Independence and a minister in the first Israeli governments. The letter, written when Remez served as the Minister of Transport of the provisional government, deals with printing Israeli postage stamps: "I wish to thank you for your letter […] accompanied by the samples of stamps made by the American Bank Note Company. During my short stay in Switzerland, I paid special attention to this matter of printing stamps […] I received the agreement of the stamp printing department of the Swiss postal service to have a young man of ours work in their department for six months or a year and learn the work in its entirety. I hope that after a certain period of training and purchasing the required machines, we will take our place in the East as distinct stamp printers" (Hebrew). Hand-signed by Remez.
[1] leaf, 28 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines and minor creases. Filing holes. Several tears to margins; one open tear (not affecting text).
A letter by David Remez, one of the leaders of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, a signatory of the Scroll of Independence and a minister in the first Israeli governments. The letter, written when Remez served as the Minister of Transport of the provisional government, deals with printing Israeli postage stamps: "I wish to thank you for your letter […] accompanied by the samples of stamps made by the American Bank Note Company. During my short stay in Switzerland, I paid special attention to this matter of printing stamps […] I received the agreement of the stamp printing department of the Swiss postal service to have a young man of ours work in their department for six months or a year and learn the work in its entirety. I hope that after a certain period of training and purchasing the required machines, we will take our place in the East as distinct stamp printers" (Hebrew). Hand-signed by Remez.
[1] leaf, 28 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fold lines and minor creases. Filing holes. Several tears to margins; one open tear (not affecting text).
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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Sold for: $750
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Lapel pin and two rings that were given against the donation of jewelry to the "Kofer HaYishuv" ("Community Ransom") fundraising campaign. [Palestine, late 1930s or 1940s].
1. Lapel pin reading "Community Ransom – Gift of Jewels – 1938-9" (Hebrew). Designed by Moshe Murro (1888-1957), painter and sculptor, founder of the "HaKame'ah" workshop in Bezalel. Signed on verso: "M. Murro, Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
Approx. 1.5X1.5 cm.
2-3. Two brass rings reading "Kofer HaYishuv", one for a woman and the other for a man.
Diameter: 17 mm and 20 mm.
"Kofer HaYishuv" ("Community Ransom"), a fundraising campaign to finance the security needs of the Yishuv, was established in 1938, during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. One of the drives in the campaign was titled "Gift of Jewelry" wherein the members of the Yishuv donated their best Jewelry, utensils and even their wedding rings. In return, they received a brass ring, a pin or a desktop paper holder with the logo of "Kofer HaYishuv".
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Lapel pin reading "Community Ransom – Gift of Jewels – 1938-9" (Hebrew). Designed by Moshe Murro (1888-1957), painter and sculptor, founder of the "HaKame'ah" workshop in Bezalel. Signed on verso: "M. Murro, Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
Approx. 1.5X1.5 cm.
2-3. Two brass rings reading "Kofer HaYishuv", one for a woman and the other for a man.
Diameter: 17 mm and 20 mm.
"Kofer HaYishuv" ("Community Ransom"), a fundraising campaign to finance the security needs of the Yishuv, was established in 1938, during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. One of the drives in the campaign was titled "Gift of Jewelry" wherein the members of the Yishuv donated their best Jewelry, utensils and even their wedding rings. In return, they received a brass ring, a pin or a desktop paper holder with the logo of "Kofer HaYishuv".
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $250
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A silver pin awarded to the members of the first Knesset of the State of Israel. 1951.
Designed as a scroll with the emblem of the State of Israel and the legend "Member of the first Knesset, 1949-1951" (Hebrew). Signed on verso: "Kretschmer" (Hebrew).
Approx. 2.5 cm. Good condition.
See: Official Decorations and Presentation Medals in Israel (Hebrew), Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dr. Ruthie Kalman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2011), p. 37.
Designed as a scroll with the emblem of the State of Israel and the legend "Member of the first Knesset, 1949-1951" (Hebrew). Signed on verso: "Kretschmer" (Hebrew).
Approx. 2.5 cm. Good condition.
See: Official Decorations and Presentation Medals in Israel (Hebrew), Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dr. Ruthie Kalman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2011), p. 37.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
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"Sabbatay Sevi", a rare engraved portrait of Sabbatai Zevi, from the booklet Relation de la véritable imposture du faux Messie des Juifs, nomme Sabbatay Sevi. [Avignon, 1667].
An engraved portrait of Sabbatai Zevi wearing a turban (facing left). The booklet from which the engraving was taken includes an early testimony on Sabbatai Zevi and his conversion to Islam (Gershom Scholem attributed the writing of the booklet to the Jesuit priest Jacques Becherand; however, this assumption was rejected by Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn).
Print: 17.5X12 cm, mounted on paper. Good condition. Minor stains to margins.
An engraved portrait of Sabbatai Zevi wearing a turban (facing left). The booklet from which the engraving was taken includes an early testimony on Sabbatai Zevi and his conversion to Islam (Gershom Scholem attributed the writing of the booklet to the Jesuit priest Jacques Becherand; however, this assumption was rejected by Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn).
Print: 17.5X12 cm, mounted on paper. Good condition. Minor stains to margins.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Destruccio Iherosolime [Destruction of Jerusalem]. Woodcut from Schedelsche Weltchronik (The Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493]. One of the first views of Jerusalem ever printed.
A woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Babylonian general Nabuzaradan in the year 586 BCE. Taken from the first German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, published several months after the Latin edition. On verso, a woodcut depicting King Zedekiah led into Babylonian captivity.
"The Nuremberg Chronicle" comprised a history of the world from creation up to the author's time, based on the Bible and on various other sources. The book, first printed in Anton Koberger's press in Nuremberg in 1493, is considered one of the best-documented incunabula. It was one of the first books to integrate illustrations and text and is famous to this day, mainly for its numerous woodcuts. The woodcuts were provided by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, one of Nuremberg's leading artists at the time (in whose workshop Albrecht Dürer was apprenticed between 1486-1489).
Leaf: approx. 43X61 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and several small holes, restored. Framed; unexamined out of frame.
Laor 1125A.
A woodcut depicting the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple by Babylonian general Nabuzaradan in the year 586 BCE. Taken from the first German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, published several months after the Latin edition. On verso, a woodcut depicting King Zedekiah led into Babylonian captivity.
"The Nuremberg Chronicle" comprised a history of the world from creation up to the author's time, based on the Bible and on various other sources. The book, first printed in Anton Koberger's press in Nuremberg in 1493, is considered one of the best-documented incunabula. It was one of the first books to integrate illustrations and text and is famous to this day, mainly for its numerous woodcuts. The woodcuts were provided by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, one of Nuremberg's leading artists at the time (in whose workshop Albrecht Dürer was apprenticed between 1486-1489).
Leaf: approx. 43X61 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and several small holes, restored. Framed; unexamined out of frame.
Laor 1125A.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
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Map of the Holy Land constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde, engraved by Eberhardt and Stichardt. Gotha (Germany): Justus Perthes, 1858. First edition.
Map of Palestine by Charles William Meredith van de Velde. Printed on eight separate, linen-backed sheets and placed in the original portfolio.
The map, in a scale of 1:315,000, is based on measurements taken by Van de Velde himself during his 1851-1852 journey through Palestine, measurements and mapping of the Royal Engineers and various studies and travelogues by previous explorers.
Two small inset maps – map of the environs of Jerusalem (on the sixth section of the map) and a plan of Jerusalem (on the eighth section of the map).
Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), a Dutch naval officer, acquired his cartographical experience working at the Dutch Royal Hydrographer's office in Batavia (today, Jakarta, Indonesia) from 1839 to 1841. Being a devout Protestant, he wanted to contribute his talents to the exploration of the Holy Land and to creating a precise and detailed map of the country. He made two trips to Palestine, once in 1851-1852 and again in the early 1860s, during which he took measurements and drew views of the country. Since he could not carry all the equipment required for the measurements nor had a team to assist him in the task of mapping the land (as he himself indicated in the introduction to the book he published alongside the map of Palestine – "Memoir to accompany the map of the Holy Land"), Van de Velde used existing maps and information collected from various studies and accounts. Alongside this map, his journeys also yielded a map of Jerusalem, a travelogue and many watercolor paintings.
Eight linen-backed paper plates, 37X45.5 cm each. Placed in the original half-leather portfolio, gilt-embossed: "Map of the Holy Land constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde – 1858". Good condition. Stains. Fold line to corner of eighth plate (minute tears to paper along fold line). Stains to portfolio. Scuffs and minor blemishes to corners and spine of portfolio. Missing all ribbon ties except one.
Laor 778.
Enclosed: C.W.M van de Velde's Journey to the Land of Israel (1852), by Eliyahu Hacohen. Ariel Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2018 (Hebrew; limited edition).
Literature: The Land of Israel in Maps from Madaba up to the Satellite (Hebrew), edited by Ariel Tishbi. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2002. p. 164.
Map of Palestine by Charles William Meredith van de Velde. Printed on eight separate, linen-backed sheets and placed in the original portfolio.
The map, in a scale of 1:315,000, is based on measurements taken by Van de Velde himself during his 1851-1852 journey through Palestine, measurements and mapping of the Royal Engineers and various studies and travelogues by previous explorers.
Two small inset maps – map of the environs of Jerusalem (on the sixth section of the map) and a plan of Jerusalem (on the eighth section of the map).
Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), a Dutch naval officer, acquired his cartographical experience working at the Dutch Royal Hydrographer's office in Batavia (today, Jakarta, Indonesia) from 1839 to 1841. Being a devout Protestant, he wanted to contribute his talents to the exploration of the Holy Land and to creating a precise and detailed map of the country. He made two trips to Palestine, once in 1851-1852 and again in the early 1860s, during which he took measurements and drew views of the country. Since he could not carry all the equipment required for the measurements nor had a team to assist him in the task of mapping the land (as he himself indicated in the introduction to the book he published alongside the map of Palestine – "Memoir to accompany the map of the Holy Land"), Van de Velde used existing maps and information collected from various studies and accounts. Alongside this map, his journeys also yielded a map of Jerusalem, a travelogue and many watercolor paintings.
Eight linen-backed paper plates, 37X45.5 cm each. Placed in the original half-leather portfolio, gilt-embossed: "Map of the Holy Land constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde – 1858". Good condition. Stains. Fold line to corner of eighth plate (minute tears to paper along fold line). Stains to portfolio. Scuffs and minor blemishes to corners and spine of portfolio. Missing all ribbon ties except one.
Laor 778.
Enclosed: C.W.M van de Velde's Journey to the Land of Israel (1852), by Eliyahu Hacohen. Ariel Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2018 (Hebrew; limited edition).
Literature: The Land of Israel in Maps from Madaba up to the Satellite (Hebrew), edited by Ariel Tishbi. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2002. p. 164.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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A Map of Arabia Petraea, The Holy Land, and Part Of Egypt, Ancient and Modern…, an engraving by Richard Palmer, partly hand-colored. London: Edward Stanford, 1858. English. "New Edition".
A map of Palestine and its surroundings, delineating the territories of the Twelve Tribes and the route of the Israelites through the desert. With geological notes and data about the area.
A large folding engraved map, linen-backed and slipcased. Two handbills advertising other maps published by Edward Stanford are mounted on verso. Printed paper label on the front of the slipcase: "Map of Palestine (Modern)".
97X133 cm (in 32 panels), linen-backed, folded and placed in the original slipcase. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. A tear to bottom (approx. 4 cm, where two panels connect). Handwritten notations to paper label on the front of the slipcase and to leaflets on verso of map. Tears and blemishes to slipcase.
This edition of the map is not recorded in OCLC.
A map of Palestine and its surroundings, delineating the territories of the Twelve Tribes and the route of the Israelites through the desert. With geological notes and data about the area.
A large folding engraved map, linen-backed and slipcased. Two handbills advertising other maps published by Edward Stanford are mounted on verso. Printed paper label on the front of the slipcase: "Map of Palestine (Modern)".
97X133 cm (in 32 panels), linen-backed, folded and placed in the original slipcase. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. A tear to bottom (approx. 4 cm, where two panels connect). Handwritten notations to paper label on the front of the slipcase and to leaflets on verso of map. Tears and blemishes to slipcase.
This edition of the map is not recorded in OCLC.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $700
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Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch [Biblical Names and Chronicle] / Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands [Travel Book of the Holy Land] – two books bound together. Frankfurt am Mein, 1570s-1580s. German. First editions.
1. Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch, by Johann Heyden. Frankfurt am Mein: [Johannis Feyrabendt], 1579. German.
Onomasticon by German theologian and philologist Johann Heyden (1530-1583), listing Biblical names, places, nations, and characters. Ends with a biblical chronicle and calendar.
[129] leaves. Missing colophon leaf at the end.
2. [Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands by Sigmund Feyerabend. Frankfurt am Mein: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1584]. German.
A collection of eighteen works: sixteen reports of travels to Palestine and its surroundings, an account of the first crusade and a guide for pilgrims. The works were written by pilgrims, churchmen, nobles and merchants, dating from 12th century to the days of Feyerabend, one of the most prominent Protestant publishers of his time. Some of the works were reprinted while others were first published in this book. In his introduction, Feyerabend urges his readers to liberate the Christians of the Holy Land from the rule of the Turks.
The book opens with two woodcuts (by Jost Amman?), depicting a coat of arms and a maritime battle.
[5], 466, [4] leaves. Missing two leaves: title page and an indices and colophon leaf at the end of the book. Contents leaf trimmed and laid down facing first page. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains and ink stains). Some creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to several leaves (some with paper replacements). Several early notations. Leather-covered card boards, with minor blemishes.
1. Biblisch Namen und Chronikbuch, by Johann Heyden. Frankfurt am Mein: [Johannis Feyrabendt], 1579. German.
Onomasticon by German theologian and philologist Johann Heyden (1530-1583), listing Biblical names, places, nations, and characters. Ends with a biblical chronicle and calendar.
[129] leaves. Missing colophon leaf at the end.
2. [Reyßbuch deß Heyligen Lands by Sigmund Feyerabend. Frankfurt am Mein: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1584]. German.
A collection of eighteen works: sixteen reports of travels to Palestine and its surroundings, an account of the first crusade and a guide for pilgrims. The works were written by pilgrims, churchmen, nobles and merchants, dating from 12th century to the days of Feyerabend, one of the most prominent Protestant publishers of his time. Some of the works were reprinted while others were first published in this book. In his introduction, Feyerabend urges his readers to liberate the Christians of the Holy Land from the rule of the Turks.
The book opens with two woodcuts (by Jost Amman?), depicting a coat of arms and a maritime battle.
[5], 466, [4] leaves. Missing two leaves: title page and an indices and colophon leaf at the end of the book. Contents leaf trimmed and laid down facing first page. Approx. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains and ink stains). Some creases and small tears to margins. Open tears to several leaves (some with paper replacements). Several early notations. Leather-covered card boards, with minor blemishes.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $5,000
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Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum, by Christian van Adrichem. Köln: Birckmannica, 1593 (imprint from colophon). Latin. Second edition.
The influential work of Catholic priest Christian van Adrichom (1533-1585), considered one of the most important works on the geography of Palestine in the Modern Era. The book, compiled over close to thirty years, was published posthumously, and for the following two hundred years served as the basis for maps by numerous cartographers.
The book contains twelve engraved plates: nine maps of the territories of the Tribes of Israel, a map of the Desert of Paran (showing the stations of the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to Palestine) and two larger maps (folding) of particular significance – a map of Jerusalem (showing the gates and the central sites; the first map to depict the 14 stations of the Via Dolorosa), and a map of Palestine (after which famous cartographers such as Thomas Fuller, Jan Jannson and Nicholas Visscher modeled their maps).
[6] leaves, 286, [29] pp + [12] engraved maps, 39.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Creases. Tears, some open, to margins, affecting the title page engraving (mostly small). Worming throughout the book (mostly small wormholes, with negligible damage to the engravings. The book was fumigated). One plate trimmed at margins, with minor damage to engraving. The map of Jerusalem is in fair-poor condition, with a long, inexpertly restored tear, with adhesion to layers in one fold due to restoration. Two plates slightly browned and smaller than the leaves of the book. Handwritten notations to several pages. Vellum-covered boards, damaged and worn.
The influential work of Catholic priest Christian van Adrichom (1533-1585), considered one of the most important works on the geography of Palestine in the Modern Era. The book, compiled over close to thirty years, was published posthumously, and for the following two hundred years served as the basis for maps by numerous cartographers.
The book contains twelve engraved plates: nine maps of the territories of the Tribes of Israel, a map of the Desert of Paran (showing the stations of the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to Palestine) and two larger maps (folding) of particular significance – a map of Jerusalem (showing the gates and the central sites; the first map to depict the 14 stations of the Via Dolorosa), and a map of Palestine (after which famous cartographers such as Thomas Fuller, Jan Jannson and Nicholas Visscher modeled their maps).
[6] leaves, 286, [29] pp + [12] engraved maps, 39.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Creases. Tears, some open, to margins, affecting the title page engraving (mostly small). Worming throughout the book (mostly small wormholes, with negligible damage to the engravings. The book was fumigated). One plate trimmed at margins, with minor damage to engraving. The map of Jerusalem is in fair-poor condition, with a long, inexpertly restored tear, with adhesion to layers in one fold due to restoration. Two plates slightly browned and smaller than the leaves of the book. Handwritten notations to several pages. Vellum-covered boards, damaged and worn.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,500
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A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon, by Thomas Fuller. London: printed by J.F, for John Williams, 1650. English and some Latin.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, by English churchman and historian Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engraved plates (most of them double-spread): an engraved title page and an engraving depicting coats of arms; a large, folding map of Palestine; a map of Jerusalem and maps delineating the territories of the 12 Tribes; and plans and illustrations of the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several closed and open tears to margins (mostly small. Several tears repaired with paper). Worming, slightly affecting text and engravings (the book was fumigated). Ink corrosion to several leaves. Tears to folding map of Palestine (mounted on thick paper for restoration). One of the engraved plates was bound upside down. Bookplate to inside front board. New, leather-covered boards, slightly worn.
Comprehensive study of Palestine and its history according to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, by English churchman and historian Thomas Fuller (1608-1661).
Accompanied by 30 engraved plates (most of them double-spread): an engraved title page and an engraving depicting coats of arms; a large, folding map of Palestine; a map of Jerusalem and maps delineating the territories of the 12 Tribes; and plans and illustrations of the Temple, various pagan rituals mentioned in the Bible, and more.
[8], 434 (more than 434 pp. Mispagination), [1], 202, [17] pp. 30 engraved plates (most plates are included in the pagination). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several closed and open tears to margins (mostly small. Several tears repaired with paper). Worming, slightly affecting text and engravings (the book was fumigated). Ink corrosion to several leaves. Tears to folding map of Palestine (mounted on thick paper for restoration). One of the engraved plates was bound upside down. Bookplate to inside front board. New, leather-covered boards, slightly worn.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
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Samuelis Bocharti Opera Omnia / Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan [The Complete Works of Samuel Bochart / Sacred Geography, or Peleg and Canaan]. Leiden: Cornelium Boutesteyn & Jordanum Luchtmans, 1692. Latin with some Hebrew, Arabic in Hebrew characters and Greek.
An important work by French theologian, geographer and Orientalist Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), dealing with the history of the nations of the world and their languages, according to the Bible and other sources. The first part of the book describes the various nations descended from Noah and their scattering after the fall of the Tower of Babel and the confounding of languages. The second part deals with the Phoenician nations.
The book contains thirteen maps (four of them double-spread): countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Syria and Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Asia and Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea, Italy, Sicily, Cyprus, Spain, Sri Lanka, and more. With numerous Hebrew titles and place-names, some transcribed into Hebrew from other languages. Engraved title page (depicting Adam naming the animals) and an engraved portrait of the author.
[7] leaves, 36 pp, [6] leaves, 1312 columns (mispagination, less than 1312), [30] leaves + [15] engraved plates. 38 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some ink corrosion. A few open tears to margins. Worming, mainly to margins (slightly affecting text. The book was fumigated). One engraved plate browned. Original vellum boards, with blemishes.
An important work by French theologian, geographer and Orientalist Samuel Bochart (1599-1667), dealing with the history of the nations of the world and their languages, according to the Bible and other sources. The first part of the book describes the various nations descended from Noah and their scattering after the fall of the Tower of Babel and the confounding of languages. The second part deals with the Phoenician nations.
The book contains thirteen maps (four of them double-spread): countries of the Mediterranean Basin, Syria and Egypt, Mesopotamia and Babylonia, Asia and Europe, Greece and the Aegean Sea, Italy, Sicily, Cyprus, Spain, Sri Lanka, and more. With numerous Hebrew titles and place-names, some transcribed into Hebrew from other languages. Engraved title page (depicting Adam naming the animals) and an engraved portrait of the author.
[7] leaves, 36 pp, [6] leaves, 1312 columns (mispagination, less than 1312), [30] leaves + [15] engraved plates. 38 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some ink corrosion. A few open tears to margins. Worming, mainly to margins (slightly affecting text. The book was fumigated). One engraved plate browned. Original vellum boards, with blemishes.
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
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A description of the East, and Some other Countries, by Richard Pococke. London: W. Bowyer, 1743-1745. Two parts (in three volumes). English.
The English anthropologist and bishop Richard Pococke (1704-1765) visited the Near East in 1737-1741. The present work document his travels. The first volume is dedicated entirely to Egypt, the second to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Crete and the third to Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece and other parts of Europe.
The three volumes contain 178 engraved plates (75 plates in the first volume, 36 plates in the second and 67 plates in the third). These include: maps (a folding map of Palestine and Syria, a folding map of Jerusalem and numerous other maps), plans and sketches, illustrations of important sites, illustrations of local plants, and more. Engraved author's statement in Volume II.
Vol. I: [1] title page, VI, 8, 310 pp. + 75 plates; Vol. II: XI, [1], 268 pp. + 36 plates and [1] engraved statement; Vol. III: VI, [2], 308 pp. + 37-103 plates. Approx. 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Worming, mainly to third volume, slightly affecting text and prints (the volumes were fumigated). Long tears to two engraved plates. Bookplates to inside front boards. Leather covered boards, damaged and slightly worn. Binding of first volume detached (with first two leaves). The bindings of the two other volumes partly detached.
The English anthropologist and bishop Richard Pococke (1704-1765) visited the Near East in 1737-1741. The present work document his travels. The first volume is dedicated entirely to Egypt, the second to Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Crete and the third to Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece and other parts of Europe.
The three volumes contain 178 engraved plates (75 plates in the first volume, 36 plates in the second and 67 plates in the third). These include: maps (a folding map of Palestine and Syria, a folding map of Jerusalem and numerous other maps), plans and sketches, illustrations of important sites, illustrations of local plants, and more. Engraved author's statement in Volume II.
Vol. I: [1] title page, VI, 8, 310 pp. + 75 plates; Vol. II: XI, [1], 268 pp. + 36 plates and [1] engraved statement; Vol. III: VI, [2], 308 pp. + 37-103 plates. Approx. 41.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and minor blemishes. Worming, mainly to third volume, slightly affecting text and prints (the volumes were fumigated). Long tears to two engraved plates. Bookplates to inside front boards. Leather covered boards, damaged and slightly worn. Binding of first volume detached (with first two leaves). The bindings of the two other volumes partly detached.
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Prints, Maps, Travelogues and Studies of Palestine
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